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. 2015 Feb;28(2):188–199. doi: 10.5713/ajas.14.0325

Table 3.

Gas production (mL/400 mg DM) of studied browse plants (n = 8)

Scientific names	Hrs of incubation

	2		12		24		48

	PEG(−)	PEG(+)	PEG(−)	PEG(+)	PEG(−)	PEG(+)	PEG(−)	PEG(+)
Acacia nilotica	12.6^h	18.3^ef	27.3^g	52.4^f	32.6^j	61.1^g	43.7ⁱ	73.6^j
Acacia sieberriana woodii	16.8^d	17.9^f	50.4^d	54.3^e	66.3^d	67.9^e	73.8^c	80.6^h
Combretum microphyllum	10.6ⁱ	13.7ⁱ	16.6^l	25.9^m	18.1ⁿ	28.6ⁿ	24.8^m	41.0^q
Combretum molle	12.4^h	18.3^ef	16.4^l	30.3^l	19.4ⁿ	33.7^m	29.6^l	48.5^o
Euphorbia tirucalli	17.5^c	18.9^de	37.9^e	46.4^g	52.6^e	69.5^d	82.9^d	96.0^d
Ficus religiosa	10.3ⁱ	16.4^g	26.4^g	36.9ⁱ	45.5^h	57.9^h	62.7^f	75.6ⁱ
Ficus thronniggi	14.1^g	15.4^h	58.6^c	59.5^c	76.8^c	79.9^bc	96.0^b	99.6^b
Kirkia acuminata	16.0^ef	19.6^cd	18.5^k	30.2^l	21.9^m	36.5^l	34.6^j	49.7ⁿ
Kirkia willmsii	16.3^de	18.2^ef	23.5ⁱ	32.8^jk	28.9^k	39.1^k	43.3ⁱ	54.9^m
Lespendeza cuneata	15.6^f	23.5^b	38.7^e	57.6^d	47.8^f	66.1^f	59.5^g	73.0^j
Leucaena leucocephala	18.1^bc	19.9^c	38.5^e	54.3^e	43.8ⁱ	61.4^g	45.5^h	71.8^k
Melia azedarach	26.3^a	28.4^a	68.6^a	70.0^a	78.4^b	79.6^c	87.9^c	89.1^e
Morus alba	16.7^de	18.8^de	63.2^b	67.0^b	82.3^a	87.0^a	102.0^a	107.1^a
Olea europaea	13.9^h	16.2^gh	26.8^f	33.3^j	47.2f^g	56.6ⁱ	73.9^c	82.0^g
Olea africanum	16.0^ef	16.2^gh	29.3^f	33.4^j	46.2^gh	57.0^hi	73.1^c	82.3^g
Peltrophorum africanum	10.0ⁱ	14.0ⁱ	21.4^j	32.0^k	23.6^l	44.7^j	31.7^k	65.9^l
Quercus rubica	12.9^h	16.2^gh	24.7^h	33.9^j	29.2^k	37.3^l	32.9^k	43.8^p
Rhus lancea	7.40^j	11.3^j	11.7^m	44.5^h	13.7^o	62.0^g	25.7^m	84.3^f
Ziziphus mucronta	18.4^b	16.2^gh	62.7^b	59.4^c	82.3^a	80.9^b	101.7^a	100.9^b
SEM	0.23	0.26	0.43	0.40	0.50	0.39	0.52	0.40
p value	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001

DM, dry matter; PEG, polyethylene glycol; PEG(−), denotes presence of tannin; PEG(+), denotes absence of tannin; SEM, standard error of the mean.

Means with different superscript (letters) across the column for each parameter are significantly (p<0.05) different.